I couldn't find anything about this band mentioned here so I thought I should give Summoning fans a heads up.

Caladon Brood from Salt Lake City will release their debut album in february called "Echoes of Battle". The songs are apparently inspired by the fantasy book series "The Malazan book of the fallen" by Steven Erikson.

Tracklist:1. City of Azure Fire (10:09)2. Echoes of Battle (9:21)3. Wild Autumn Wind (13:46)4. To Walk the Ashes of Dead Empires (13:12)5. A Voice Born of Stone and Dust (9:50)6. Book of the Fallen (14:55)

Some of the music and vocals, plus the artwork style strongly reminds me of Summoning. After hearing these samples I am actually thinking that Summoning will have to work hard to be the reigning kings of their own style of music.

I discovered the band earlier today, and I can safely say I really enjoyed the music - Yes, it's very similar to Summoning, at times perhaps even derivative, but frankly I still found it to sound splendid.

I discovered the band earlier today, and I can safely say I really enjoyed the music - Yes, it's very similar to Summoning, at times perhaps even derivative, but frankly I still found it to sound splendid.

Yea, they show a lot of potential in this epic style, as I said in the other thread there is plenty of room for more Summonings!

What the hell!This is the most epic metal I've ever heard! In my opinion Caladan Brood has surpassed Summoning. This band gives me something that I always missed in Summoning. Even when they are using autotune it doesn't bother because this is the first time in my life when I enjoy autotune, it just fits to this Caladan Brood.With the Echoes of Battle album Caladan Brood raises the standard of epic black metal. How the hell they can keep every song this epic? I thought long to buy some Summoning merch but after listening to this unbelievable album I ordered Caladan Brood digicd and longshirt!

I thought that I would never be this excited to hear new music but luckily this band changed my mind!

Finally heard this today, pretty solid album, i'm sure i'll listen to it again. on a completely unrelated note, has anyone else heard the new Elffor? seems they changed a little.

The new Elffor album is again a solid release. The style has changed from the earlier albums, not as unique sounding if you know what I mean, less Summoning like, becoming a normal atmospheric black metal band but a good one at that.

I think Northern Silence are dispatching the Caladan Brood albums now so I can not wait to hear this. I deliberately chose not to check out any of the other tracks yet as I did not want to spoil listening to the cd version, albums like these come along which you just know are going to be awesome so I like to hold back especially after forking out my hard earned cash on it. These guys are showing so much potential and are a welcome sight in the Summoning world.

The album is a fucking masterpiece, incredible, epic and simply perfect. I have spent the weekend listening to it, I cant wait to buy it.

By the way, i have the last opus from Elffor, an amazing album as usual, the first and the last songs are Elffor as its best, amazing keys and atmosphere. And the "big" digibook release is spectacular, buy it if you can!!

The album is a fucking masterpiece, incredible, epic and simply perfect. I have spent the weekend listening to it, I cant wait to buy it.

By the way, i have the last opus from Elffor, an amazing album as usual, the first and the last songs are Elffor as its best, amazing keys and atmosphere. And the "big" digibook release is spectacular, buy it if you can!!

Forgot to mention the Elffor digibook, it is great indeed ltd to 333 copies. Only thing I found it hard to get the disc out of it due to the centre plastic being very tight. The artwork Eol uses ia always fantastic. In saying that the Caladan Brood cd and A5 digi will have different artwork throughout, choices, choices....

The album is a fucking masterpiece, incredible, epic and simply perfect. I have spent the weekend listening to it, I cant wait to buy it.

By the way, i have the last opus from Elffor, an amazing album as usual, the first and the last songs are Elffor as its best, amazing keys and atmosphere. And the "big" digibook release is spectacular, buy it if you can!!

Forgot to mention the Elffor digibook, it is great indeed ltd to 333 copies. Only thing I found it hard to get the disc out of it due to the centre plastic being very tight. The artwork Eol uses ia always fantastic. In saying that the Caladan Brood cd and A5 digi will have different artwork throughout, choices, choices....

Yes, this part is annoying, the very first time I thought I was going to break the cd hahaha.

Different artwork? I have to check this because the front cover I have seen is awesome.

Ilwhyan pretty much summed up my feelings about this. Nothing more than bland Summoning worship with boring riffs, dull melodies, and autotuned clean vocals. Oh, but it's about a different fantasy series, not Tolkien!

anyone else read the books? great stuff truely spic in scope. i find it cool having read them all that a band was inspired enough to use it as there shtick. there is certainly no lack for material to base this sort of music off from in the books. i find similarities to summoning but i like this better thaan some of summonings material. but thats just me oh well.

Ilwhyan pretty much summed up my feelings about this. Nothing more than bland Summoning worship with boring riffs, dull melodies, and autotuned clean vocals. Oh, but it's about a different fantasy series, not Tolkien!

Yikes, harsh. I agree it's not nearly as good as Summoning and seem to be missing some... thing that made Summoning so awesome, but based on the teaser on Soundcloud I'm still gonna give them a shot, it could be decent and fill the void while we impatiently wait for a new Summoning release.

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Markeri, in 2013 wrote:

you can debate the actual date that metal began, but a fairly agreed upon date is 1969. Metal is almost 25 years old

Extreme_violence wrote:

Why Iron maiden is there? It's very far to be metal than a lot of some metal band.

I'm halfway through it. It is a solid album. No, it isn't Summoning, but as mentioned before it is a good bridge for the forthcoming Summoning album. I'm now interested in giving the book series a read, though 10 looong novels does seem a bit overwhelming...

For all the people saying Summoning is better, where's a good starting point/album for them? I havnt actually listened to them besides youtube tracks that never held my attention. For reference I prefer the more smooth, melodic, symphonic, epic-Bathoryness and less harsh/dissonant black metal.

As for Caladan Brood…its actually a grower. It gets better and better with each repeated listen…at least for me anyways. It’s definitely not Summoning, but a fair substitute until the new album drops. And I think it’s better than Emyn Muil’s debut. And at least it doesn’t come off as pretentious as a lot of these other newer USBM bands tend to be.

on a side note. the books are totally wort reading. the first one is a bit hard to follow but it is essential for the series. that said books 2 and 3 are among my favorite fantasy ever writtn. It is long and veery complex, its akin to being dropped in a fully ealised alien world that has as much if not more history than our own planet. The caladan brood lyrics make a lot more sence knowing the source material.